The 1942 Texas Longhorns football team was an American football team that represented the University of Texas (now known as the University of Texas at Austin) as a member of the Southwest Conference (SWC) during the 1942 college football season. In their sixth year under head coach Dana X. Bible, the Longhorns compiled an overall record of 9–2, with a mark of 5–1 in conference play, and finished as SWC champion. Texas concluded their season with a victory over Georgia Tech in the Cotton Bowl Classic.[1]
| 1942 Texas Longhorns football | |
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SWC champion Cotton Bowl Classic champion | |
Cotton Bowl Classic, W 14–7 vs. Georgia Tech | |
| Conference | Southwest Conference |
| Ranking | |
| AP | No. 11 |
| Record | 9–2 (5–1 SWC) |
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| Home stadium | War Memorial Stadium |
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| No. 11 Texas $ | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rice | 4 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 7 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| TCU | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Baylor | 3 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas A&M | 2 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| SMU | 1 | – | 4 | – | 1 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arkansas | 0 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
edit| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 19 | Corpus Christi NAS* | W 40–0 | 7,500 | [2] | ||
| September 26 | Kansas State* |
| W 64–0 | 15,000 | [3] | |
| October 3 | at Northwestern* | L 0–3 | 43,000 | [4] | ||
| October 10 | vs. Oklahoma* | W 7–0 | 20,000 | [5] | ||
| October 17 | at Arkansas | No. 20 | W 47–6 | 8,000 | [6] | |
| October 24 | at Rice | No. 15 | W 12–7 | 28,000 | [7] | |
| October 31 | SMU | No. 17 |
| W 21–7 | [8] | |
| November 7 | Baylor | No. 14 |
| W 20–0 | 25,000 | [9] |
| November 14 | at TCU | No. 8 | L 7–13 | 18,000 | [10] | |
| November 26 | Texas A&M | No. 18 |
| W 12–6 | 43,000 | [11] |
| January 1, 1943 | vs. No. 5 Georgia Tech* | No. 11 |
| W 14–7 | 36,620 | [12] |
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Rankings
edit| Week | ||||||||
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| Poll | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Final |
| AP | 20 | 15 | 17 | 14 | 8 | 14т | 18 | 11 |
Awards and honors
edit- Jack Freeman, Cotton Bowl co-Most Valuable Player
- Roy McKay, Cotton Bowl co-Most Valuable Player
- Stanley Mauldin, Cotton Bowl co-Most Valuable Player
References
edit- ^ "1942 Texas Longhorns Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved April 29, 2023.
- ^ "Longhorns defeat Naval Air Station". Taylor (TX) Daily Press. September 20, 1942. Retrieved April 29, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Longhorns rip Kansas State in 64–0 rout". The Salt Lake Tribune. September 27, 1942. Retrieved April 29, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Northwestern tips Texas, 3–0, on last period field goal". The Pantagraph. October 4, 1942. Retrieved April 29, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Sooners lose to Texas, 7–0, after great battle". Miami News-Record. October 11, 1942. Retrieved April 29, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Texas touchdown avalanche engulfs Arkansas". The Commercial Appeal. October 18, 1942. Retrieved April 29, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Texas Longhorns stave off Rice rally to win, 12 to 7". The Tyler Courier-Times-Telegraph. October 25, 1942. Retrieved April 29, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Texas defeats Ponies, 21–7". Lubbock Avalanche-Journal. November 1, 1942. Retrieved April 29, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Texas smashes Baylor line for 20–0 win". San Angelo Standard-Times. November 8, 1942. Retrieved April 29, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Reserve back saves TCU in final minutes". The Shreveport Times. November 15, 1942. Retrieved April 29, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Texas prepares for Cotton tilt; Wins S.W. title". El Paso Herald-Post. November 27, 1942. Retrieved April 29, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Texas wins, 14–7, as Tech rally fails". The Atlanta Constitution. January 2, 1943. Retrieved April 29, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
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